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Ch.2: Welcome to The Dollhouse Roxie
"Ok! Ok! Alright kids, let's get started…just quiet down ok?" a tall older looking man with short light blonde hair and a matching facial hair spoke into a small microphone as he stood on the raised porch of the main cabin. Roxas stealthily made his way up to Sora and the others who were standing near the back of the crowd surrounding the little podium. "Hey guys, what's going on?" Roxas asked as he came up behind them, "AAAH!" the four teens squealed as they jumped in surprise at Roxas' sudden appearance.
"What?" Roxas asked defensively as the others glared at him irately "dude you scared the crap out of us!" Riku sighed as he tried to get his heart beat to stabilize. "O-M-G! Roxas I was so worried when I didn't know where you were! Where were you? We kept looking around for you but you weren't there and I was scared and then you just showed up and…an…" Sora's rant was cut short as his face suddenly began to adopt a bluish hue and he fell backwards. Roxas quirked an eyebrow as he looked down at his gasping cousin "um…is he ok?" the blonde asked as he looked around at the other teens.
Kairi and Namine shrugged as Riku knelt down to help the little brunette up "don't worry…this happens often" Namine said with a small smile in Roxas' direction. Roxas looked over at the pale blonde for the first time and sized her up visually, 'hmm…she seems pretty nice I guess' Roxas thought with a mental shrug "oh…um you must be Namine" Roxas stated rather than asked. The petite girl widened her smile slightly and nodded "yes. Nice to meet you" she said in return, "Gah! Nn…." Sora gasped as he began breathing harshly and clutching his chest with his hand.
Riku simply shook his head "did you forget to breathe again Sora?" the platinum haired teen asked his smaller friend. Sora blushed "sorry…but i…I was just so worried about Roxas…I must seem really stupid huh?" Sora murmured through a sniffle as he bit his lip and stared up with wide eyes at Riku. The taller boy blushed slightly –GUSH- Riku suddenly fell backward as blood streamed from his nostrils, "eww gross!" Roxas winced as he stepped back as not to have blood drip onto his white sneakers.
"OK LISTEN UP!" came a loud deep voice from up at the front of the crowd, all the kids jumped in fright and looked up to see a tall stoic looking man with long blue hair in a weird sort of spiky mullet. The man glared down the crowd of kids until they quieted down "that's better. Now we're going to begin this camp session by introducing ourselves to all the new little ass wipes…err…I mean campers this year" the rather grumpy man said clearly over the microphone.
"I'm Dr. Saix and I'm second in command around these parts. I also happen to be the musical instructor at this fine establishment. If you need any help please hesitate to ask" the man spoke drolly as he held a sour look throughout the whole ordeal. Namine leaned over towards Roxas "that's Dr. Saix…he's a great pianist and actually a pretty smart guy but he gets annoyed easily. He doesn't really like kids at all and he's really sensitive about his face" the blue eyed girl whispered in Roxas' ear. Roxas gave her a quick sidelong glance before turning his attention back to the man at the podium.
"I would be too if I had a big nasty X in the middle of my face…" Roxas mumbled as he looked up at the cold looking man. Just then a second man came up to the podium and took Saix place, this man had long silver hair that was somewhat slicked back. He wore a calm yet cocky expression and was dressed in a long black robe with deep purple lining "Yea. And as you all probably know I am the director of this camp and the level 1-3 acting instructor, Mr. Xemnas" the man spoke smoothly. There were a couple of coughs and murmurs from the crowd that sounded a good deal like 'Man sex' but the silver haired man ignored it.
"Welcome to another exciting and magical summer at Camp Spotlight! You've already heard from Dr. Saix…I'd like to re-introduce as well Mr. Luxord our brilliant design and productions instructor" he gestured to the blonde man beside him. "And Mr. Xigbar our stage combat instructor and resident health attendant" Xemnas said as he gestured to his left towards a sketchy looking man in tight black pants with a black eye patch and long dark hair pulled into a ponytail.
"You'll meet the rest of the staff throughout the week as we get things started…now be sure to check the community call board to see the cabin assignments so you know where to go. So you guys go get to know your new friends and remember" Xemnas said as he stepped away from the microphone to join his colleagues. "All The World's a Stage and All The Men and Women Merely Players!" the four counselors/instructors chorused in a rich and dramatic unison.
There was a rumble of giggling and applause from the crowd of pubescent campers as the four adults made their way off the porch and away to attend to whatever business they had. "Oh my God, that had to be the corniest thing I've ever seen" Roxas murmured in awe as he watch the counselors bustle away in high spirits. The crowd around him soon began to wander off to the side of the building. "Oh, come on guys let's go see our roommate assignments!" Sora said cheerfully as he knelt on the ground holding a bloody tissue up to Riku's face. "Wait we have assigned roommates" Roxas asked his cousin in slight surprise.
Kairi rolled giggled "what? You didn't think we'd each have our own room did you? Gosh Roxas, haven't you ever been to camp before?" Kairi asked with a sarcastic teasing tone. Roxas looked in her direction and scoffed "Gosh Kairi, if I wanted your opinion I would have asked for it. But I was speaking to my cousin" the blonde haired boy replied mockingly. Kairi scoffed in offense and silently glared at Roxas' head as he turned back to Sora and Riku "so…we cant choose our own roommate? They just assign us one at random?" Roxas asked Sora as the teen helped his bleeding friend up to his feet.
"Yeah. Each cabin has one set of bunk beds and one twin bed so you'll have 2 roommates! But don't worry it's fun and the people are really nice" Sora said with a salesman smile as his cousin sweat dropped. 'Some how I can just tell this wont end well' Roxas thought with a sigh as he looked over to where the crowd had gone off to. "So…I guess we might as well see who we're rooming with then" Namine suggested with a small shrug, "Ok let's go!" Sora announced cheerily as he grabbed Roxas by the hand and dragged him off to the call board.
Namine and Kairi followed closely behind them as Riku simply stood there for a moment shaking his head 'aw man…I hope I don't get a room with Sora. If I have to share a room with him I may just die of blood loss' Riku thought sullenly. 'Why does he have to be so damn adorable? Sigh…oh well I've kept my feeling s to myself this long…what's another summer?' Riku gave a mental sighed as he began to walk off to catch up with the others.
But unbeknownst to Riku he was being carefully watched as he trotted over to his friends at the call board, watched by a pair of scheming turquoise eyes. "Oh Riku…still as lovely as the last summer I saw you" a thin young girl with short bleached blonde hair whispered as she watched the silver haired boy from behind a thick tree stump on the side of the dirt road. The girl smirked deviously as she slicked back a long antenna like piece of blonde hair back off of her forehead, "but this summer…you will be mine" she whispered sinisterly to herself.
"Geez Larxy, you're such a stalker!" came a loud haughty voice from right behind her, "EEK!" the bleached blonde screeched as she jumped forward and tripped over one of the exposed roots of the tree and fell flat on her face. "Um…are you ok Larxene? You seem a bit jumpy today" a young flamboyant looking boy with shaggy pink hair replied as he gave the blonde a curious look.
Larxene sat up and brushed off her powder blue polo and glared up at the boy "What the hell is wrong with you Marluxia!? How many times do I have to tell you to stop sneaking up on me like that?" Larxene hissed through gritted teeth as she straightened back her hair once more so that the two antenna like pieces of hair stuck out back in an odd praying mantas sort of way. Marluxia rolled his eyes and rested a hand on one tight denim clad hip "whatever sweetie. You were the one stalking Riku and talking to yourself like a crack head" the pink-haired teen scoffed.
Larxene groaned and rolled her eyes "what ever. Just help me up" she ordered curtly as she extended her hand up to the other teen. He grabbed her thin hand and pulled her up to her feet with slight effort, "ok…now let's go see what room we have this year. Hopefully all the smelly little first year campers are gone by now" Larxene sighed snobbishly as she smoothed down her short white pleated skirt.
She turned to her companion and smiled with a sickeningly false sweetness "well, how do I look?" she asked flirtatiously as she gave a little twirl with a pivot of her platform flip flop clad feet. Marluxia gave her an appraising look 'you like a fashion retarded slut with huge hips' the pretty young boy thought with a devious little grin.
"Totally Hot with a cherry on top! As always" he lied effortlessly with a bright toothy smile. Larxene smirked proudly "Well of course I do!" she replied with a conceited scoff. "Shall we darling?" Larxene asked playfully as she presented Marluxia with her slightly bent arm, "but of course" he replied with an equally playful tone as he hooked his arm with Larxene and they both sauntered off to the call board.
At The Call Board
"Excuse me! Hey! Watch it!" Riku spoke impatiently as he and his group pushed pass the excitable group of campers clawing to get to the call board. "Geez, it's just cabin assignments…" Kairi rolled her eyes as she shoved a shorter boy out of her way to catch up with Sora and the others. As they reached the board Roxas got separated from the others by the still bustling crowd, "hey! Sora! Riku! Hey guys wait up…damn" Roxas called out while waving an arm in the air to try and attract their attention.
Sadly they didn't hear him and Roxas sweat dropped as stood alone in the sea of campers, 'just great…now what should I do? Hmm…I wonder if my cell gets service out here?' Roxas thought as he slipped away from the crowd and leaned his body against the other side of the cabin. Roxas gave one last futile look around for his cousin and the others before digging into his pants' pocket and pulling out his small silver and blue flip phone.
Roxas opened up the phone and frowned upon seeing the words 'no service' in bold lettering across his main screen. "It figures…" Roxas sighed as he let his hand drop to his side and he leaned his head back on the wooden planks of the cabin. Roxas closed his eyes and tried unsuccessfully to will himself back to his safe, comfortable room back in the suburbs. "Um…are you ok?" came a strange voice that immediately jolted Roxas from his relaxed state. "What?" the blonde asked as he opened his eyes to see a tall, lean worried looking blonde.
'Wow…he's kind of cute…in a dopey way…' Roxas thought idly as he stood up straight and gave the new boy a sharp look over, "um…yeah…I'm fine, just resting I guess" Roxas answered after a while and the taller boy smiled playfully. "Cool, Cool…Oh my God! Is that your phone?" the tall blonde (with a weird sort of faux hawk/mullet hairstyle) exclaimed in genuine excitement as he pointed to the phone still in Roxas' hand. Roxas cocked an eyebrow at the boy and nodded "um…yeah" he replied. The other boy reached over and grabbed Roxas' arm with the cell phone and yanked it up to his face causing the shorter boy to be jerked up as well.
"Hey! What's you're malfunction!" Roxas growled at the other blonde who wasn't paying him any attention. "Dude! My cousin has this same phone! Except his is all black but it's the same phone! Oh my Gosh! It's a Verizon too! I have Verizon! That means we're both in! Dude, we could totally call and text each other for free! Awesome!" the boy babbled on happily as he toyed with the phone which Roxas was still holding onto fiercely.
"Hey! Paws off Air head!" Roxas snapped as he finally was able to yank his hand (cell phone and all) back from the other kid. The other boy stopped talking and stared at Roxas blankly as the shorter blonde glared at him with seething rage. Finally the taller boy smiled again and stuck out his hand towards Roxas in a friendly gesture "Hi! My name's Demyx, what's your name?" the boy asked with a cute little grin. Roxas nearly fell over in shock at the total oblivious nature of this guy…um…Demyx.
"uh…Roxas…the name's Roxas" he said in a defeated tone as he stuffed the cell phone back in his pocket and tentatively stuck out his hand to grab the other boy's. Demyx looked at Roxas' hand and was about to reply when they were interrupted. "Roxie!! There you are I was looking for…OH MY GOSH! DEMI!!" came that loud cheery voice that was beginning to become sadly familiar to Roxas' ears. "What?" Demyx replied slowly as he began to turn around to greet the voice but before he could he was glomped by a very energetic Sora.
"Sora…come on try to control yourself" Riku sighed as he and Kairi made their way over behind Sora. "You're just mad that it wasn't you" Kairi mumbled under her breath as she crossed her arms over her chest, Riku chose to ignore her and then assisted Namine with pulling Sora off of Demyx. "Hey Sora, Riku…oh and you to Kairi. Long time no see guys! I was hoping that I'd get to see you guys today" the bubbly blonde smiled as he dusted himself off after Sora's attack. Riku and Kairi exchanged greetings with Demyx as Roxas looked on wearily "um…I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that you guys all know each other?" Roxas asked with blatant sarcasm.
Sora nodded vigorously "yeah! We've known Demy for a while. He used to go to school with Riku and me but he moved in middle school and then we met back up with him here a few years ago isn't that great?" Sora explained in one very impressive breath. "Oh by the way Demyx, this is my cousin Roxas" Sora added as he gestured to the spiky haired blonde. Demyx nodded "oh ok. That explains why he looked so familiar! You guys really look alike…I guess cuteness runs in the family, huh?" Demyx replied as he gave Sora a flirtatious wink causing the boy to blush slightly and giggle. "Well Demyx I see you haven't changed much." Riku scoffed in agitation as he watched the display.
Demyx gave Riku a knowing smirk and shrugged "neither have you Riku" Demyx retorted in a playfully teasing manner that Roxas didn't miss. "So, did you find out who you're bunking with?" Kairi asked the faux hawked blonde as she played idly with the belt loops of her faded jeans. Demyx nodded his head "yeah Axy snuck up there to look before the orientation…I'm with Axy…again yey! And…Riku!" Demyx cheered as he grabbed Riku into a tight hug. "What the! Hey…st-stop that you 'tard!" Riku protested as he tried to pry the blonde off of him.
Sora gave a pout in Demyx's direction "aw damn, I wanted to bunk with Riku…" Sora whined dejectedly and Kairi looked over at Riku pensively. 'Oh my gosh…Sora's upset and Riku is to busy being crushed by Demyx to notice…now is my chance to comfort him!' Kairi thought excitedly as she turned to Sora and gently put an arm around his shoulder. "Aw...it's ok Sora. Don't be too upset…if you don't like your new cabin mates you can always come sleep in my cabin with me if you get lonely" Kairi said soothingly as she hugged Sora in a loose embrace and rubbed his back in comforting circular motions.
Sora sniffled slightly and nodded "thanks Kairi…you're…ah-Ah-AH-CHOO!!" Sora sneezed violently into Kairi's shoulder. "No! My new polo!" Kairi shrieked as she pulled away slightly from Sora to inspect her now snot covered sleeve, Sora began sneezing harshly as he shoved Kairi away roughly causing her to fall back on her butt. "Hey are you ok man?" Roxas asked his cousin with slight concern as Demyx released Riku to go check on the shorter boy. "Sora what's wrong?" Riku asked Sora as he held him gently by the shoulders, Sora shook his head and sniffled again before turning to look at Kairi.
"I'm ok…I think my nose was just irritated by Kairi's perfume…that's all. I'll just try not to get so close next time" Sora shrugged as he wiped his reddened nose on his sleeve. Kairi's jaw dropped as she felt her dreams shatter around her "w-what?" she gasped as she watched Sora cling to Riku's shirt as the taller boy wrapped one arm around the brown haired teen's shoulders. "Kairi what have I told you about wearing that cheap dollar store perfume? Are you trying to kill Sora?" Riku asked in a taunting voice that just seemed to drive the dagger deeper into Kairi's heart.
"You son of a…" Kairi growled but was interrupted as Namine came running over to them "hey guys! Oh you found Demyx" the blonde haired girl smiled happily as she came up to join them. "Hey Namine" Demyx waved "so did you see the cabin assignments?" Sora asked anxiously and Namine nodded. "Yeah…Riku you're with Ax and Demyx" Namine replied, "yeah…we know" Riku grumbled bitterly as Demyx gave him a smirk. "And me and Kairi are together…we share a room with Selphie" Namine continued as she looked over at the sulking Kairi. "And I believe Sora is with Roxas. How lucky…oh and you guys have some guy named Zexion or something like that…I'm not sure who he is but…hopefully he's nice" Namine shrugged good naturedly.
Sora's eyes lit up as he reached over and grabbed Roxas into a tight hug "YEY! We get to be roommates this summer!" Sora cheered and Roxas could only groan in response as the other boy jumped up and down with excitement. But their little love fest was interrupted by a loud buzzing noise as the intercoms hooked up throughout the camp grounds began to stir to life.
A familiar and poised voice began to speak over the intercom "Attention campers, this is Mr. Xemnas…please retreat to your cabins now and unpack. Your luggage should already be in your assigned cabin already. Please feel free to rest and get to know your new friends…dinner will begin at 5-o-clock in the mess hall. Thank you that is all!" and with that the voice disappeared.
The group of kids looked around at each other and shrugged "I guess we should all go get our stuff together…hey Namine, what are out cabin numbers?" Demyx asked the blonde girl as he cocked his head to the side. Namine thought for a moment "um…you and Riku are in cabin 7, me and Kairi have cabin 2 and I believe Roxas and Sora are in cabin 13" she replied. "Hey, after we get our stuff unpacked we should all meet up in our cabin so we can go down to dinner together and get a good table" Sora suggested cheerily as he let go of Roxas to allow the boy to breathe. "good idea…we'll all meet at Sora and Roxas' cabin…number 13" Riku declared with finality and the others all nodded. "Well…we should go I guess" Kairi said after a moment of silence.
Sora nodded and grabbed Roxas by the arm "come on Roxie!" he said gaily as he skipped off in some random direction to find his cabin, all while dragging Roxas along behind him. 'Oh god…why me? Well…I hope my other roommate isn't this hyper…' Roxas thought with a sigh as he allowed himself to be dragged off to what could possibly be his doom.
T.B.C
A/N: I couldn't find a good way to end this chapter but I didn't want to make it too long. Well I hope you liked it. Next chapter will introduce some new characters (like Zexion!) as well as the beginnings of some love connections. Also Axel, Marluxia, and Larxene will be there as well and don't worry you'll see more Axel in the story after this chapter here. I hope this isn't going too slow...well tell me what you think! REVIEW! REVIEW! REVIEW! It makes me feel important…so do it!